CVE-2025-69650

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-03-06. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a double free vulnerability when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation data. During GOT relocation handling, dump_relocations may return early without initializing the all_relocations array. As a result, process_got_section_contents() may pass an uninitialized r_symbol pointer to free(), leading to a double free and terminating the program with SIGABRT. No evidence of exploitable memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is limited to denial of service. NOTE: this is disputed by third parties because the observed behavior occurred only in pre-release code and did not affect any tagged version.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EG Risk
65(Attend)
EG Risk 65/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
42%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 6, 2026

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 2, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

33698 – readelf aborts with SIGABRT due to double free when processing malformed input (binutils 2.46(HEAD))

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33698
generic

sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commit

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ea4bc025abdba85a90e26e13f551c16a44bfa921
generic

sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commitdiff

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=ea4bc025abdba85a90e26e13f551c16a44bfa92
generic

sourceware.org Git - binutils-gdb.git/commitdiff

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=81e90cf63a10ad11772c2437c8f2a88f1a00c739
generic

33700 – readelf aborts with SIGABRT on crafted input due to invalid pointer free (binutils 2.46(HEAD))

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33700

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-69650(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatbinutils-main-2.45.1-5.hum12026-04-08redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
binutils2.35.2-2 ... 2.47-2 (213 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
binutils2.40-2 ... 2.47.50.20260901-1 (122 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
binutils2.44-3 ... 2.47.50.20260901-1 (48 versions)——
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
binutils2.44-3 ... 2.45.90.20260201-1 (33 versions)2.46-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 26× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  15. 2026-09-02 23:59 UTCOSV refresh
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  1. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
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  5. 2026-08-16 14:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-16 12:24 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-16 12:24 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-08-16 12:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
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  11. 2026-08-14 20:47 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-08-14 20:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-14 08:19 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-14 08:19 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-08-14 08:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-12 23:54 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-12 23:54 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-08-12 23:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-11 22:38 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-11 22:38 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-08-11 22:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-11 05:27 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-08-11 05:27 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-08-11 05:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-10 23:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-08-10 06:03 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-08-10 06:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-09 18:57 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-08-09 18:57 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-08-09 18:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-08-09 07:58 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-08-09 07:58 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-08-09 07:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-08 16:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-08-08 06:34 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-08-08 06:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-07 19:35 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-08-07 19:35 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-08-07 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-07 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-08-06 20:37 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-08-06 20:37 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-08-06 20:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-08-06 02:27 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-08-06 02:27 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-08-06 02:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-08-04 10:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-08-04 01:58 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-08-04 01:58 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-08-04 01:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-08-03 10:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-08-02 18:40 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 2026-08-02 18:40 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-08-02 18:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-08-02 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
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  66. 2026-07-27 12:54 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-07-27 12:54 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-07-27 12:54 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-69650?
CVE-2025-69650 is a high vulnerability published on March 6, 2026. GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a double free vulnerability when processing a crafted ELF binary with malformed relocation data. During GOT relocation handling, dumprelocations may return early without initializing the allrelocations array. As a result, processgotsectioncontents() may pass…
When was CVE-2025-69650 disclosed?
CVE-2025-69650 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 6, 2026, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-69650 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-69650 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 58.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-69650?
CVE-2025-69650 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-69650?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-69650, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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